Open AccessMeasurement of hiatal surface area and other hiatus oesophageal diameters at computed tomography imaging in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and its relationship with hiatal hernia
Author(s) -
Emrah Karatay,
Mehmet Ali Gök,
Mirkhalig Javadov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_175_20
Subject(s) - gerd , hiatal hernia , medicine , reflux , radiology , diaphragm (acoustics) , esophageal hiatus , abdomen , hernia , abdominal surgery , surgery , disease , loudspeaker , physics , acoustics
The oesophageal hiatus is a long and oblique opening in the diaphragm where the thoracic section of the oesophagus passes into the abdomen. Enlarged hiatal surface and insufficiency are considered to be associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia (HH). In this study, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate the relationship and the presence of GERD with HH by performing hiatal surface area (HSA) and other hiatal measurements at the thorax and abdominal computed tomography (CT) images in cases without any intra-abdominal or oesophageal surgery history.